Pencil.



u'fILLIAM o. HILLS, or coLBURN, Ho.

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PENCIL.

No. 919,167. Specification of Application led June 29, 1908. Serial No. 446,951.

Letters Parfait. Patented Apii2o,19o9.

To cttw/1,0m 'it may concern.'-

Be itknown that I, W1LL1AM C. HILLS, a

citizen ofthe United States, residin(T at Col` bui-11,. in the count of Bonner', btate of Idaho, have invente certainl new and useful Improvements in Pencils; and I do hereby declare the followino' to be a full, clear, and exact description oy the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 'it a pertains to make and use the' same.

T e invention relates to a pencil and more particularly to th'e class-of pencils having a detachable ferrule carrying an eraser at one end and a knife at the other end.

The primary object of the invention is the rovision of a encil havinvfA at one end an emery strip circumscribing the same, a removable ferrule adapted to inclose the emery strip, a knife mounted upon said lerrule at one end thereof and an eraser secured in the opposite end of said ferrule. Another object of the invention is the provision of a cncil having a removable ferrule carrying a {nife and an eraser," the said ferrule adapted to fit over one end of the enoil when the knife is not to be used an said pencil carrying an einer stri to form a Sharpener for the knife, t 1e sai emery strip being protected by the ferrule when in posi-- tion on the pencil.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more l'ully described and as illus! trated in the accompanyingr drawings which disclose the preferred form ofe'mbodiment of the invention.

It is to be understoodthat changes, variations and modifications will be made such as come properly within the scope ofthe claims hereunto ap )ended without departing `from the s )irit of tlheinvention.

l In the rawingsz--Figuro 1 is a side view l. views in the drawings.

a wooden pencil of the ordinary construction having at its upper end an annular recess 7 latter lies flush when secured in said recess end of the pencil 6 carrying the emery strip 8 there is provided inthe outer face of the pencil an elon ated slot or recess 9 to form a pocket for tie reception of a knifeblade 10 riveted as at 11 to the inner face of a re- .tachably, fitting onto the end carrying the emery'strip 8 of the pencil. Immediately below the said emery strip 8 and circumscribing the pencil 6 is a lixed ferrule 13 recess or 'slot 9 and is adapted tof rotect the knife blade 10 Then inserted in' t e said slot or recess 9 and to hide the said knife blade from view after the removable fel-rule 12 has been connected to the pencil end.

the end opposite that carrying the knife blade is an eraser 14 lpreferably formed of said ferrule by inwardly bent biting spurs 15 disposed at diametrically op osite points at the upper edge of the reinova le ferrule.

'.lo connect the removable ferrule 12 to the pencil 6 the knife blade 10 is inserted in the recess or slot 9 and by msliing upon the said ferrule 12 the same is lbrought into position to cover the emery strip 8 iixed to the end of the pencil. This removable `ferrule 12 when mounted upon the )encil abuts against the upper edge of the lxed ferrule 13 cirthe emery strip at the end thereof.

What is claimed is` 1. 'lhe combination with a pencil having va slot in its face at one end thereof, of a strip vof emery circulnscribing the slotted end of fit upon the slotted end of the pencil and inclose the einery strip, and a .knife blade carried at one end of the ferrule and adapted to lit within the slot in the pencil.

2. The combination with a pencil 'havinor a slotted end, of an emery strip Inountcii l upon the slotted end of the pencil, a ferrule Mounted in the removable ferrule 12 at' the pencil, a removable ferrule adapted to movable ferrulc 12 forming a sleeve de.

responding' parts throughout the several In the drawings, the numeral 6 designates to receive a circular emery strip 8 which with the outer face of the pencil. At the which latter overlies a greater portion of the rubber and which is he d securely within the cumscribing the pencil immediately below fixed to the pencil immediately beyond the v, In testimony whereofI aflx my signa# enely strip and overlying a portion of the l ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

slot a removable eraser supporting ferrule t y adnted to fit over the emery strip, and a A ILLIAM C' HILLS 5 kn' 'e blade carried at one end of the removr Witnesses:

able ferrule and adapted to engage the slot MIKE J. DELGOFF,

and be protected by the xed ferrule. A J W. RAMSEY. 

